Here we are between Canadian Thanksgiving and U.S. Thanksgiving. Sometimes it can be hard to feel thankful. Wars abound; children go to bed hungry. In
Mennonite Church USA executive director Glen Guyton will conclude his role at the end of the year and not seek renewal for a fourth term. The MC USA Executive Board made the announcement about the conclusion of his nine years of service in the position on Oct. 22.
After enjoying the pie, I returned home only to feel a strong tug to return to the vines. Come. Now. The harvest is ripe. A quick online search confirmed my inner sensing and urgency — Concord grapes are best harvested when dry and before a hard freeze. Indeed, the time was right now, given the forecast.
Ruth Keidel Clemens’ memoir of growing up in Congo and Illinois, A Quest for Purpose: From Congo to Illinois, Cambodia and Beyond (Lucid Books), is timely, warm, relatable and layered with purpose and meaning.
Beyond supporting families in distress, the group hopes to activate Christians, especially white or English-speaking evangelicals, to help immigrants as deportations have ramped up.
The higher education institutions affiliated with Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren denominations in the U.S. and Canada have released fall enrollment statistics.
‘They know that there is electricity and internet and smartphones and that they could drive, but they choose not to,’ scholar Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar said of the Amish. ‘When you talk with them, they look at you, they listen to you, they wait before they respond.’
Disagreement, betrayal, denial and power struggles make community difficult. But Jesus stays at the table.
